Eagan man who answered an ad for prostitute alleges assault

An attempt to hire a prostitute backfired when the woman and two accomplices robbed and attacked the would-be john, Dakota County prosecutors say.

One of the women, 18-year-old Riley Lane Closson of Eagan, was charged Friday with aggravated second-degree robbery in the incident.

The other two women, both 18, have not been charged.

According to the criminal complaint against Closson:

The victim responded to an advertisement on the Internet and made arrangements for a prostitute to come to his apartment in Eagan the evening of June 11.

The woman in the ad was later identified as Closson, the complaint said. She came to the apartment but was unexpectedly accompanied by the two other women.

Closson claimed she had a gun and threatened to kill the man and his brother, who was also home, if he didn't give them money, according to the complaint.

Closson took $100 in cash from the man. The women demanded more, threatening to go to the police and say the man and his brother had raped them, the complaint said.

The women then starting tearing their clothes, saying they'd tell the police the man and his brother had torn them off, the complaint said.

An altercation broke out when the man tried to push the women out of the apartment. One of them stabbed him in the head with a pen, according to the charges.

The man's roommate arrived home at the apartment during the fight, according to the charges.

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He told police he saw one of the women punching the man in his back and head.

One of the men eventually was able to call 911. The three women fled in a car, the charges said.

They were stopped by the Minnesota State Patrol later that night in Plymouth, along with two men in the car.

The three women told police different stories, according to the complaint. One said they had gone to the apartment in response to a call for services, but denied assaulting the man or taking money. She instead said the man had assaulted them.

Officers didn't observe any signs of injury on the women, the charges said.

The second woman said she had never been to the apartment, knew nothing about the incident and didn't even know where Eagan was. Recordings of comments she made in the back of the squad car implicated her in the robbery, according to the charges.

Closson said she simply drove the other two women to the apartment. She initially said she never got out of the car, but later admitted to going in the building. She said she only watched the incident from the hallway and did not take part, the charges said.

She also denied she was the person shown in the advertisement because their hair colors were different. Officers examined her license photo and the ad and determined they were the same person, the charges said.

Closson remained in custody as of Tuesday with bail set at $75,000. She is next due in court July 1.